Watch out for Apple Spyware attacks!

DarkReading.com reported that “France's national cybersecurity agency said Apple recently sent out notifications to individuals warning that they had been targeted in spyware attacks. Since 2021, Apple has sent threat notifications to individuals targeted by spyware attacks. But because these notifications are sent to individual users and not made public, it's not always clear when the attacks are occurring and if they coincide with the exploitation of zero-day vulnerabilities in Apple products.”  The September 12, 2025 report entitled “French Advisory Sheds Light on Apple Spyware Activity” (https://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/french-sheds-light-apple-spyware-activity) included these comments:

France's computer emergency response team (CERT-FR) published an advisory Thursday that shed more light on recent spyware attacks against Apple users. CERT-FR, which is operated by ANSSI, the country's national cybersecurity agency, said it was aware of four such notifications from Apple this year, including the latest, issued Sept. 3.

"Receiving a notification means that at least one of the devices linked to the iCloud account has been targeted and is potentially compromised," the CERT-FR advisory said, adding that spyware programs like Pegasus, Predator, Graphite, and Triangulation are "particularly sophisticated and difficult to detect."

"The notification results in the receipt of an iMessage and an alert email sent by Apple (from threat-notifications[at]email.apple.com or threat-notifications[at]apple.com). When logging into the iCloud account, an alert is displayed," CERT-FR said. "The time between the compromise attempt and the receipt of the notification is several months, but remains variable."

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